Monday, December 03, 2007

Man Tased for Not having his License and Proof of Insurance

After an investigation, the department's Internal Affairs office saw no need for disciplinary action. But then-Acting Chief Cathy Ellison reviewed it and ordered a three-day suspension for Oâ€™Connor, who served it and then returned to duty.

When Art Acevedo, the new chief from California, saw the video, he strongly disapproved of O'Connor's action but saw in the footage what some would call "teaching moment". He released the video, told officers to watch it, and made it clear that any officer who did the same as O'Connor would be in serious trouble.

I'm getting sick of all the tasering that's going on. I believe tasers should be use inplace of a gun. End of story. Between June 2001 and June 2007, there were at least 245 cases of deaths of subjects soon after having been shocked using Tasers. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taser_controversy#Deaths_and_injuries. I'm adding a new category today called "Bad Cop" while I'll post stuff about what else, bad cops.

Rummage Around

Look What Blogging Bought Me!

2008 Honda Civic Hybrid

"How Much Money Are you Making By Blogging" question that I’m sure most of you are thinking. I will not get into specifics, but I will say that my car payment (60 month loan) is covered by the amount of income I generate from all of my blogs. And the good news is that each year that income continues to go up. Click here to read the rest of the story.